Improvement in fire-shovels



.1. w. DENNING.

Fire Shovel.

No.112,789. V 1 Patnted' Mar. 21, 1871.

N-PEI'ERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER WASHINGTON. D O,

tint $13M ISAAC DENNING, OF ALLEGHENY CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

letters Patent No. 112,129, dated March 21, 1371.

IMPROVEMENT IN FlRE-SHGVELS.

The Schedule refened to in these Letters Patent and making of the name.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, Isaac W. Dnn nme, of Allegheny City, in the county of Allegheny and State of make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

This invention'relates me new and useful improvement in shovels of the kind used for feeding stoves with coal, and for taking up ashes, but applicable to.

other kinds of shovels, whereby they are made with less expense, and more durable than when made in the ordinary manner; anda It consists in the mode of attaching the shank to the blade, as hereinafter described;

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is aview of the underside, of the shovel. v Figure 2 is a sectional side vie Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

A is the blade of the-shovel, which is made some what in the scoop form.

B is the shank, which is of uniform sizefrom the handle to its end.

O is-tbe handle, which is socketed to the shank'in the ordinary manner, with a ferrule, D, aronndvits end.

A groove is formed in the center of the back end of the blade, from its upper edge down to the point E, where there is a hole.

The end of the shank is turned up, forming a short angle so as to pass through the blade, while the lower portionof the shank fits the groove in the blade,as seen in the drawing.

The extreme end of the shank, which passes through the blade, is riveted on the upper side of the blade, as seen. at F.

To support the shank in the groove I place on the under side, ator near the upper edge of the blade A, the strap G over the shank, and rivet it to the blade on each side, as seen "at H E. This makes a durable fastening, and the entirestrength of the shank is secured.

Having thus described my invention, a

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat cut- V Fastening the shank to the blade of a shovel in the manner shown and described, that is to say, by riveting the shank through the blade and grooving the blade, and applying the strap G, substantially as set forth..

' ISAAC W. DENNING.

' Witnesses:

HENDERSON E. DAVIS, ROBERT H. DAvls. 

